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20, On a new Borate from Mine Hill, Sussex Co., New Jersey ; 
G. J. Brush. 
21, Some points in the Surface Geology of the region west of 
the Rocky Mts.; J. D. Whitney. 
22, On the transportation of the materials of the Carboniferous 
Conglomerate; J. S. Newberry. 
23. On the deposits of Sulphate of Strontia on Strontian Is- 
land, Lake Erie; J. S. Newberry 
24, A new and general method of developing the real roots of 
an equation, essentially extracted from my algebra, page 512; 
Theodore Strong. 
25. Remarks on the pendulum and gyroscope as exhibiting the 
rotation of the earth; J. G. Barnard. 
26. On some interesting points in the structural geology of the 
Nile Valley; J. P. Lesley. 
4. On a Meteorite which exploded over Kansas, June 6, 1868; 
by Prof. B. F. Mupex, (communicated for this Journal.) —At 
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which continued nearly a minute en first seen by me, it had 
an elevation of 55°, though others saw it still higher. The diam- 
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Height when first seen, ...------------------- 81 miles. 
“--% ‘exploded,........--+ Seee tina 12°5 : 
Length of the stoaidh caused by the explosion,...- 1°44 © 
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Size of the neucleus or head, - -------- --------- 1,890 
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